Polymorphism of the promoter region and exon 1 of the CTLA4 gene in endemic pemphigus foliaceus (fogo selvagem)
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1 Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research (2006) 39: CTLA4 and endemic pemphigus foliaceus ISSN X 1227 Polymorphism of the promoter region and exon 1 of the CTLA4 gene in endemic pemphigus foliaceus (fogo selvagem) D.P. Pavoni 1, L.B. Cerqueira 1, V.M.M.S. Roxo 1 and M.L. Petzl-Erler 1 1 Laboratório de Genética Molecular Humana, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil Correspondence M.L. Petzl-Erler Departamento de Genética Universidade Federal do Paraná Curitiba, PR Brasil Fax: perler@ufpr.br The present address of D.P. Pavoni is Instituto de Biologia Molecular do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil. Research supported by CNPq, Fundação Araucária and CAPES. Received August 19, 2005 Accepted July 14, 2006 Abstract Endemic pemphigus foliaceus (EPF) is an autoimmune bullous skin disease characterized by acantholysis and antibodies against a desmosomal protein, desmoglein 1. Genetic and environmental factors contribute to development of this multifactorial disease. HLA class II and some cytokine gene polymorphisms are the only genetic markers thus far known to be associated with susceptibility to or protection from EPF. The cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 gene (CTLA4) encodes a key immunoreceptor molecule that regulates and inhibits T- cell proliferation. It participates in the regulatory process controlling autoreactivity and therefore has been considered a strong candidate gene in autoimmune diseases. In the search for genes that might influence EPF pathogenesis, we analyzed variants of the CTLA4 gene in a sample of 118 patients and 291 controls from a Brazilian population. This is the first study investigating the possible role of polymorphisms of the 2q33 chromosomal region in differential susceptibility to pemphigus foliaceus. Promoter region and exon 1 single nucleotide polymorphisms -318 (C,T) and 49 (A,G) were genotyped using sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes after amplification by the polymerase chain reaction. The allelic and genotypic frequencies did not differ significantly between the patient and the control groups (-318T: 9.8 and 10.9%, 49G: 33.0 and 35.2% were the allelic frequencies in patients and controls, respectively). In addition, no significant difference was found when the patient and control population samples were stratified by the presence of HLA-DRB1 alleles. We conclude that the CTLA4-318 (C,T) and 49 (A,G) polymorphisms do not play a major role in EPF development. Key words CTLA4 Pemphigus Fogo selvagem Autoimmunity Genetic susceptibility Brazilian population Introduction Pemphigus foliaceus is an autoimmune disease characterized by antibodies against the desmosomal protein desmoglein 1 and by blisters in the most superficial layer of the epidermis, resulting from the cells detachment, a process known as acantholysis. Although being histopathologically and immunopathologically similar to sporadic pem-
2 1228 D.P. Pavoni et al. phigus foliaceus, in South America the disease has a particular epidemiology, being concentrated in some geographic areas, mainly in central Brazil. Therefore, it is usually referred to as endemic pemphigus foliaceus (EPF). It is also known in Brazil as fogo selvagem (wild fire) (for a review, see Ref. 1). EPF is a multifactorial trait. With the exception of the HLA-DRB1 and DQ (2-4) polymorphisms, and of the IL6 and possibly the IL4 polymorphisms (5), the genetic factors influencing the pathogenesis of EPF remain largely unknown. Analysis of polymorphisms of the cytokine and cytokine receptor genes TNF, LTA, IL1A, IL1B, IL1RN, IL4R, and IL10 revealed no significant associations with EPF (5,6). The cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) protein, coded by the CTLA4 (CD152) gene, is a negative regulator of the T lymphocyte immune response of prime importance to immunological homeostasis. CTLA-4 down-regulates T cell activation through an as yet not fully understood mechanism. This immune attenuator participates in the regulatory process controlling autoreactivity (7). There are only speculations about how CTLA4 polymorphisms could modulate the function of the molecule in vivo. However, several studies have established a connection between certain CTLA4 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and microsatellite variants and differences in the mrna and protein expression, and the immune response (8-13). The consensus arising from these investigations is that decreased expression and lower efficiency of CTLA-4 are associated with alleles -318C, 49G, and with a high number of AT repeats (28 or more) for the (AT) n microsatellite located in the 3' untranslated region of the last exon. CTLA4 variants have been associated with several autoimmune diseases, such as type 1 diabetes mellitus, Graves disease, autoimmune thyroiditis, Addison s disease, and systemic lupus erythematosus, among others (reviewed in Ref. 14; meta-analysis for systemic lupus erythematosus in Ref. 15). The role of CTLA-4 in immunosuppression and the coincidence of different autoimmune diseases in some families and individuals have led some researchers to suggest that particular variants of some genes, including CTLA4, may predispose to autoimmunity in general (16,17). Notwithstanding the considerable evidence of a role for CTLA4 polymorphism in autoimmune disease pathogenesis, the effect of the susceptible alleles or genotypes is generally low and several studies have not revealed any significant associations (18,19). Since the genetic component of EPF disease susceptibility is poly- or oligogenic, in the search for genes whose variants could modulate EPF development, we analyzed two SNPs of the CTLA4 gene. We compared their frequencies between patients and controls to test the hypothesis of involvement of this gene s variability in the interindividual variation of susceptibility to the disease. Material and Methods A total of 118 patients and 291 healthy individuals (controls) from an ethnically admixed population were analyzed. The population studied is extensively admixed but is not panmictic. Therefore, the different population strata may differ regarding allelic frequencies. Since there was interest in association analysis in the subpopulations and since there was the need to match the patient and control samples for ancestry, individuals were classified according to facial morphological characteristics. This classification is a proxy to an estimate of the relative contribution of European and African ancestry to each individual s genome. Classification was based on shape of the nose, mouth, and eyes, hair type, and skin color. Among the patients, 55% were Euro-Brazilians, 42% were Mulattos and 3% were not classified. Among controls, 75% were Euro-Brazilians,
3 CTLA4 and endemic pemphigus foliaceus % were Mulattos and 3% were not classified. Blood samples of patients and controls were collected in the States of Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraná. Diagnosis was based on clinical criteria, histopathology and indirect immunofluorescence. Information was obtained with a questionnaire and an interview. The control and patient groups were similar for birthplace and place of residence, socioeconomic status, gender prevalence, age distribution, and occupation. All individuals were unrelated. The study was approved by the Human Subjects Research Ethics Committee, according to Brazilian Federal laws and all individuals gave written informed consent to participate in the study. DNA extraction was performed by standard salting-out and phenol-chloroform methods. To amplify the DNA segment including the promoter (-318 position from the ATG start codon, C or T) and exon 1 (49 position, codon 17, A or G) SNPs, a nested PCR was performed. The primers used in the first reaction were 5'-GGATTTAGGAGGACC CTTGTA-3' (forward primer) and 5'-AAA CACCTCCTCCATCTTCAT-3' (reverse primer). In the second reaction, the same forward primer was used and the reverse primer was 5'-CTTTGCAGAAGACAGGG ATGAA-3'. Typings were performed after hybridization with non-radioactive (biotin or digoxigenin) labeled probes: for the promoter variants, 5'-AGATCCTCAAAGTGA- 3' and 5'-AGATCCTTAAAGTGA-3'; for exon 1 variants, 5'-CCTGGCTACCAGGAC- 3' and 5'-CCTGGCTGCCAGGAC-3'. Genotypic, allele carrier and allelic frequencies for each SNP were obtained by counting. Allele carriers are the individuals presenting the allele (or the SNP variant) in either the homozygous or the heterozygous state. The frequency of the cis combinations of -318 and 49 variants (CTLA4 haplotypes, which correspond to alleles of the CTLA4 gene, as opposed to alleles - or variants - of each SNP) was estimated using the expectation-maximization algorithm of the ARLEQUIN software package, version (20). The same software was used to evaluate the fit to the Hardy and Weinberg equilibrium expectations according to the procedure described by Guo and Thompson (20). Comparisons between the frequencies observed in the patient and control groups and between the population strata of different ancestry (Euro-Brazilian; Mulatto) were performed by analysis of contingency tables using Fisher s exact test via the Metropolis Algorithm, using the R x C computational program (21). The odds ratio (OR) was calculated to estimate the magnitude of the difference in frequency between the patient and the control groups. The 95% confidence interval (CI) of the OR was calculated using the formula: Association analysis was performed for each SNP separately and for the alleles of the gene (that is, the CTLA4 haplotypes). Allele carrier and genotypic frequencies were compared between the patient and control samples, and between the subsamples stratified according to ancestry and to diseaseassociated HLA-DRB1 alleles. One hundred and five patients and 135 controls had been previously typed for HLA-DRB1 (4). This subsample was used to test for possible interactions between the CTLA4 and HLA- DRB1 genes regarding EPF disease susceptibility. Results The CTLA4 alleles (that is, the cis combinations of variants of the two SNPs) were named CA, CG, TA, and TG. Allele TG was not found in this population sample; consequently linkage disequilibrium between the -318 and 49 SNP was the maximum possible (D' = 1).
4 1230 D.P. Pavoni et al. Genotypic frequencies among patients and controls were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (Table 1). The differences between patients and controls regarding the allele carrier, allelic and genotypic frequencies for each CTLA4 SNP and for the cis combinations of variants of the two SNPs (CTLA4 alleles, or haplotypes) were not statistically significant either for each population stratum individually (Euro-Brazilians, Mulattos; data not shown), or for the whole sample of patients and controls (Table 1). Since there was no statistical difference between patients and controls and between Euro-Brazilians and Mulattos regarding the -318 and 49 SNP frequencies, we used the whole sample to estimate the allelic frequencies in this Brazilian population: 89.5% for -318C; 10.5% for -318T; 65.4% for 49A, and 34.6% for 49G. Table 1. Genotypic frequencies and frequencies of carriers of the CTLA4-318 and 49 SNPs in patients and controls. Genotype or allele Patients Controls P OR 95% CI carrier status (N = 118) (N = 291) CA/CA 42 (34.8%) 76 (23.6%) a 1.0 CA/CG 38 (32.6%) 121 (48.5%) CA/TA 13 (9.9%) 41 (10.3%) CG/CG 15 (15.1%) 35 (12.7%) CG/TA 10 (7.6%) 14 (4.2%) TA/TA 0 (0%) 4 (0.6%) NC NC -318 C/C 95 (80.5%) 232 (79.7%) a C/T 23 (19.5%) 55 (18.9%) T/T 0 (0%) 4 (1.4%) NC NC 49 A/A 55 (46.6%) 121 (41.6%) a A/G 48 (40.7%) 135 (46.4%) G/G 15 (12.7%) 35 (12.0%) C 118 (100.0%) 287 (98.6%) NC NC -318T 23 (19.5%) 59 (20.3%) A 103 (87.3%) 256 (88.0%) G 63 (53.4%) 170 (58.4%) Data are reported as number of patients or controls with percent in parentheses. Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium test result for the -318 SNP (Patients: P = 0.598, Controls: P = 0.758), the 49 SNP (Patients: P = 0.406, Controls: P = 0.898) and the CTLA4 alleles (Patients: P = 0.365, Controls: P = 0.077). a P value for the genotypic frequency distribution; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; NC = not calculated. Even if variants of a gene are not individually associated with a phenotypic trait, they still may have an effect in combination with alleles or genotypes of other genes (gene interaction). In order to identify interactions between the CTLA4 and HLA-DRB1 genes, we analyzed the frequency of CTLA4 variants in the sample stratified according to DRB1 alleles known to be associated with EPF (4). The subsamples analyzed were positive for the DR1 allele group (64 patients and 24 controls), for the DR4 allele group (39 patients and 28 controls), for the DRB1*0101 allele (25 patients and 15 controls), and for the DRB1*0102 allele (36 patients and 9 controls). These allele groups and alleles are all positively associated with EPF (OR = 7.4, 2.7, 1.8, and 10.4, respectively). For the other HLA-DRB1 alleles associated with EPF (4), the subsamples were too small for statistical comparison. In none of the subsamples analyzed did the CTLA4 frequencies differ significantly between patients and controls (data not shown). This indicates absence of gene interaction. However, this result should be interpreted with caution since the statistical power of the test was low due to the small subsample sizes. Discussion Two CTLA4 SNPs were analyzed in this study: -318 (C,T) of the promoter region and 49 (A,G) in the first exon, which leads to an amino acid variation (Thr Ala) at position 17 (T17A) in the leader sequence (22,23). Both have been extensively analyzed in numerous autoimmune diseases and several significant associations have been reported (see Introduction). In the present study, no statistically significant association between EPF and variants of the CTLA4 gene was observed. The frequencies of the SNP variants, SNP variant carriers, SNP genotypes, CTLA4 alleles, CTLA4 allele carriers, and CTLA4 genotypes did not differ significantly between
5 CTLA4 and endemic pemphigus foliaceus 1231 EPF patients and controls. The frequencies of -318 and 49 variants observed in this study are similar to the published frequencies for European and European-derived populations, which roughly range from 62 to 73% for 49A and from 87 to 90% for -318C (23-25). This is in agreement with historical records and the phenotypic characteristics of the population sample, which show that the population studied is of predominantly European origin (see Material and Methods). Linkage disequilibrium between SNPs -318 and 49 has been demonstrated before (26) and in our sample, the maximum possible linkage disequilibrium was observed. This results from absence of the TG cis combination, i.e., the -318T variant occurs only in combination with 49A (resulting in the CTLA4 TA allele). The present study did not reveal an influence of the CTLA4-318 or 49 polymorphisms in the etiopathogenesis of pemphigus foliaceus. This result does not support the hypothesis that genetic variation of CTLA-4 confers susceptibility to autoimmunity in general (17). In fact, although variants of SNPs -318 and 49 and of the (AT) n microsatellite in the 3'UT region of exon 4 have been correlated with several autoimmune diseases, a number of studies did not detect significant associations (see Introduction). Moreover, there is no consensus about the primary risk allele(s) or haplotype(s) contributing to disease susceptibility and to the observed effect on T cell activation. This is due to the strong linkage disequilibrium among these three markers. Two recent publications analyzing numerous polymorphic markers of chromosome 2q33, encompassing the CD28, CTLA4 and ICOS genes indicated that there may be other susceptibility markers in this genomic region and that those probably differ among diseases. Polymorphisms in a noncoding region downstream of the CTLA4 gene (13) were associated with autoimmune endocrinopathies (Graves disease, autoimmune hypothyroidism, type 1 diabetes), while markers closer to CD28 and to ICOS but not CTLA4 markers were associated with multiple sclerosis in a two-stage study of the Finnish population (18). We conclude that the CTLA4 polymorphisms at positions -318 and 49 do not play a major role in EPF development. Also, there is no evidence of HLA-DRB1 and CTLA4 gene interaction. Nevertheless, the lack of significant associations with promoter and exon 1 variants does not rule out the possibility that genetic variability of CTLA may have a role in EPF development. The present report is the first on the 2q33 chromosomal region markers in EPF. In view of the function of CTLA4 and closely linked genes (CD28, ICOS) in the regulation of the T cell responses and of the possible functional relevance of polymorphisms in this region, we suggest further analysis of additional polymorphic markers located in this genomic region. Acknowledgments We thank patients and control individuals for their collaboration. The staff of the Hospital Adventista do Pênfigo is kindly acknowledged for hospitality and information. References 1. Hans-Filho G, Aoki V, Rivitti E, Eaton DP, Lin MS, Diaz LA. Endemic pemphigus foliaceus (fogo selvagem) The Cooperative Group on Fogo Selvagem Research. Clin Dermatol 1999; 17: Petzl-Erler ML, Santamaria J. Are HLA class II genes controlling susceptibility and resistance to Brazilian pemphigus foliaceus (fogo selvagem)? Tissue Antigens 1989; 33: Moraes ME, Fernandez-Vina M, Lazaro A, Diaz LA, Filho GH, Friedman H, et al. An epitope in the third hypervariable region of the DRB1 gene is involved in the susceptibility to endemic pemphigus
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